English equivalent of "pilit'"
Alex
a_strat at KHARKOV.COM
Thu Apr 15 21:34:52 UTC 2004
Дорогие Силанговцы!
Прошу прощения за мою запоздалую реакцию по этому поводу.
Я хотел лишь подчеркнуть, что выражение "пилить (на скрипке)"
довольно необычно. Есть еще слово "пиликать", и в отличие от
слова "пилить", оно имеет отношение только к музыкальному
инструменту.
А.П.
----- Original Message -----
From: "J.W." <vanya1v at YAHOO.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:55 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] English equivalent of "pilit'"
> Ottawa (Canada), Friday 2/4/04 11h55 EST
>
> Hullo, SEELANGers!
>
> Does anybody know of a good English equivalent of the Russian verb
> "пилить (на скрипке)" ["pilit' (na skripke)"], giving the impression of
> practising constantly on a violin in such a way that the sound tends to
> grate on the ears of the musician's neighbours? A computer dictionary
> offers "scrape", but this usage is not familiar to me -- especially in a
> context like "he scraped and scraped all day". I would be grateful for
> any suggestions.
>
> J. Woodsworth
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